THINK about it England fans. Have you ever felt more confident about a World Cup draw than you do today? I'm not talking about backing them at 7-1 to win it. That's something for the future.

I mean have you ever looked at a list of teams, reflected on the way they are playing, and been less worried about who England are drawn with?

Apart from Argentina and France, there is nobody you can categorically state are better than England right now. What you do know is every team in the top pot is afraid of drawing one country from the second. Us.

After the 5-1 mauling of Germany, everyone wants to avoid England. Young, brave, fearless with world-class goalscorers in Michael Owen and David Beckham, organised by one of the world's top coaches.

And now we are officially unfancied, the pressure is off.

But let's take things slowly and enjoy one mouth-watering prospect at a time.

Like today's. Just sit back and chew on this. That over in Germany, for the first time since football was invented, the entire population is praying they don't get drawn against one team. England.